NIOBOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. NIOBOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NIOBOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIOBOUS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIOBOUS
No single letter turns NIOBOUS into another word.
How NIOBOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NIOBOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 330,844.
What does NIOBOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Describing compounds that contain niobium in a lower valency than five.
The label niobous separates niobium compounds by how many bonds the metal makes. It is the counterpart of the niobic kind, where the metal sits in its higher state.
How NIOBOUS is used
Niobous is a rare technical word, found mostly in older chemistry writing.
- The report listed a niobous chloride among the products.
- A niobous compound is usually less stable in air.
- Early papers used the term niobous for trivalent niobium salts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIOBOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NIOBOUS
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Common questions about NIOBOUS
- Is NIOBOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIOBOUS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIOBOUS worth?
- NIOBOUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIOBOUS mean?
- Describing compounds that contain niobium in a lower valency than five.
- What letters can be added to NIOBOUS?
- No single letter can be added to NIOBOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NIOBOUS:
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